Is it true that we depend on telephone companies not only for their cooperation for foreign intelligence, but also in the case of crimes like kidnappings here in the United States? Do we depend on their cooperation there? What is at grave risk is not only in the war on terror capturing intelligence overseas, but if the private sector would be subject to liability and lawsuits, and they say to the government, ``I am not going to cooperate with you anymore,'' they don't have to. Then we place at jeopardy domestic investigations that could include child predators, organized crime, and a whole myriad of criminal activity in the United States. So this is setting a very dangerous precedent.
Representative Heather Wilson: “Is it true that we depend on telephone companies not only for their cooperation for foreign intelligence, but also in…”
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Discussing the implications of private sector cooperation in intelligence and crime investigations.
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